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Team-mates since the early noughties over in West Yorkshire, Jones-Buchanan has lavished praise on 35-year-old McGuire, after getting ‘nowhere near him’ in round two’s reverse fixture at Elland Road which Leeds won 20-11.

Hull KR's Danny McGuire in action against Leeds Rhinos

“I didn’t get hold of him as much as I’d have liked. It was the first time I’d ever played against him away from training,” Jones-Buchanan said of McGuire.

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Rovers took a shock 10-0 lead at the home of Leeds United before Brian McDermott’s men fought back to clinch the spoils with a sigh of relief.

Knowing KR will come out of the blocks quickly again this afternoon, Jones-Buchanan insists Leeds can ill-afford to let the Robins grab a hold of the tie on home soil. “I can go from our experience of playing them at Elland Road. They ran us really close that night,” added Jones-Buchanan.

“It was only towards the back end that we managed to get a try or two and get over them but they gave us a hard fight.

Hull KR celebrate Adam Quinlan's try against Leeds.

“They came out of the blocks really fast and tested us. We expect them to do the same again on Sunday. They have a few players who have played at Leeds so there’s a few links and extra motivation there.

“Having just bounced up from the division below this year we all know the main plan for them is to keep away from that middle eights and the threat of going back down again.